A work should convey its entire meaning by itself, imposing it on the spectator even before he knows what the subject is.
Marcel Proust
Work, Meaning, Spectator Impact, Self-Expression, Artistry Clarity, Visual Imposition
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More Marcel Proust Quotes
“As by an electric current that gives us a shock, I have been shaken by my loves, I have lived them, I have felt them: never have I succeeded in seeing or thinking them.” Marcel Proust
Electric, Current, Loves Lived, Emotional Shock, Intense Feelings, Romantic Struggles
Marcel Proust Electric, Current, Loves Lived, Emotional Shock, Intense Feelings, Romantic Struggles“The breath of the enchanted wind mingles the fresh scent of the lilacs with the fragrance of the past.” Marcel Proust
Enchanted Wind, Lilacs, Fragrance Past, Nostalgic Memory, Mystical Beauty, Nature’s Harmony
Marcel Proust Enchanted Wind, Lilacs, Fragrance Past, Nostalgic Memory, Mystical Beauty, Nature’s Harmony“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” Marcel Proust
Wisdom, Journey, Self-Discovery, Individual Growth, Lifelong Learning, Personal Insight
Marcel Proust Wisdom, Journey, Self-Discovery, Individual Growth, Lifelong Learning, Personal Insight“An artist has no need to express his mind directly in his work for it to express the quality of that mind; it has indeed been said that the highest praise of God consists in the denial of Him by the atheist, who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator.” Marcel Proust
Artist, Mind, Work Expression, God Denial, Creation Perfection, Indirect Praise
Marcel Proust Artist, Mind, Work Expression, God Denial, Creation Perfection, Indirect Praise“Existence is of little interest save on days when the dust of realities is mingled with magic sand.” Marcel Proust
Life, Magic, Reality, Existence, Imaginative Realities, Surreal Moments
Marcel Proust Life, Magic, Reality, Existence, Imaginative Realities, Surreal Moments“How else learn the real, if not by inventing what might lie outside it?” Marcel Proust
Learn, Real, Inventing, Outside, Imaginative Thinking, Perceived Reality
Marcel Proust Learn, Real, Inventing, Outside, Imaginative Thinking, Perceived Reality“A picture’s beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.” Marcel Proust
Picture, Beauty, Independent Art, Subjective Appeal, Artistic Value, Visual Interpretation
Marcel Proust Picture, Beauty, Independent Art, Subjective Appeal, Artistic Value, Visual Interpretation“We ought at least, from prudence, never to speak of ourselves, because that is a subject on which we may be sure that other people’s views are never in accordance with our own.” Marcel Proust
Prudence, Self-Reflection, Discrepant Views, Social Wisdom, Personal Reserve, Emotional Distance
Marcel Proust Prudence, Self-Reflection, Discrepant Views, Social Wisdom, Personal Reserve, Emotional Distance“Swann could at once detect in this story one of those fragments of literal truth which liars, when taken by surprise, console themselves by introducing into the composition of the falsehood which they have to invent, thinking that it can be safely incorporated, and will lend the whole story an air of verisimilitude.” Marcel Proust
Literal Truth, Falsehood, Verisimilitude, Emotional Lies, Truth Manipulation, Storycrafting
Marcel Proust Literal Truth, Falsehood, Verisimilitude, Emotional Lies, Truth Manipulation, Storycrafting“Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.” Marcel Proust
Life, Miracle, Awareness, Present Moment, Existential Mindset, Immediate Joy
Marcel Proust Life, Miracle, Awareness, Present Moment, Existential Mindset, Immediate Joy“A fashionable milieu is one in which everybody’s opinion is made up of the opinion of all the others. Has everybody a different opinion? Then it is a literary milieu.” Marcel Proust
Fashion, Society, Opinions, Conformity, Literary Circles, Social Influence
Marcel Proust Fashion, Society, Opinions, Conformity, Literary Circles, Social Influence“We are ordinarily so indifferent to people that when we have invested one of them with the possibility of giving us joy, or suffering, it seems as if he must belong to some other universe, he is imbued with poetry.” Marcel Proust
Indifference, Emotional Investment, Joy Possibility, Perceptual Universe, Poetic Reality, Personal Connection
Marcel Proust Indifference, Emotional Investment, Joy Possibility, Perceptual Universe, Poetic Reality, Personal Connection“For every sin there is forgiveness, and especially for the sins of youth.” Marcel Proust
Sin, Forgiveness, Youth, Especially, Redemption Path, Youthful Errors
Marcel Proust Sin, Forgiveness, Youth, Especially, Redemption Path, Youthful Errors“There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.” Marcel Proust
Childhood, Books, Favorite Days, Literary Joy, Nostalgic Reading, Immersive Worlds
Marcel Proust Childhood, Books, Favorite Days, Literary Joy, Nostalgic Reading, Immersive Worlds“No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.” Marcel Proust
Vice, Isolation, Separation, Secrecy, Behavior, Social Disconnection
Marcel Proust Vice, Isolation, Separation, Secrecy, Behavior, Social Disconnection“The social leaders who refuse to allow politics into society are as foreseeing as the soldiers who refuse to allow politics to permeate the army. Society is like the sexual appetite; one does not know at what forms of perversion it may not arrive, once we have allowed our choice to be dictated by aesthetic considerations.” Marcel Proust
Leaders, Politics, Society, Appetite, Social Perversion, Aesthetic Control
Marcel Proust Leaders, Politics, Society, Appetite, Social Perversion, Aesthetic Control“Things don’t change, but by and by our wishes change.” Marcel Proust
Unchanging World, Evolving Desires, Emotional Adjustment, Perceptual Shift, Growth Journey, Desire Transformation
Marcel Proust Unchanging World, Evolving Desires, Emotional Adjustment, Perceptual Shift, Growth Journey, Desire Transformation“Often it is just lack of imagination that keeps a man from suffering very much.” Marcel Proust
Imagination, Suffering, Lack, Man, Mental Escape, Emotional Pain
Marcel Proust Imagination, Suffering, Lack, Man, Mental Escape, Emotional Pain